UPDATE, 08/07/2023, 4:27 P.M. – According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Dewayne Williams, Jr., who was wanted for the Murder of John Thomas Belote, has been transported to the Aiken County Detention Center and booked for Murder and Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime at 3:42 P.M. on Monday, August 7th.


WINDSOR, S.C. (WJBF) – In Aiken County, a fifth suspect connected to a murder in Windsor, is off the streets.

Michael Williams, Junior is being treated at a hospital and will be taken to jail once he is discharged.

Original Stories on WJBF:

Williams is charged in the murder of John Belote.

Four others remain behind bars connected to this case: Donald Britton, 51, Thomas Guinn, 30, and Cody Wooten, 37, and Suzanne Boozer, 57.

Suzanne Boozer